viii, 341 p. : 28 cm

"Rethinking Society in the 21st Century, second edition, is a unique reader that students will keep on their bookshelves for many years after they have finished their introductory course in sociology. The book maps out the concepts sociologists use to understand the foundations of society - socialization, social interaction, and culture. It then covers major social institutions: families, economy and labour, education, health, and health care. Crime, moral regulation, and social justice are presented in ways that allow students to develop new understandings of these issues. Essays on population, globalization, and the New World Order complete this well-rounded introduction to Canadian and global society." "This book's pronounced emphasis on Canadian content makes it the ideal reader for the Canadian student. The addition of critical thinking questions, suggestions for further reading, and many other extras found in the text will be of great value in learning the basics of sociological thought."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references

Chapter 1: What Is a Social Fact? / Emile Durkheim -- Chapter 2: Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- Chapter 3: The Promise / C. Wright Mills -- Chapter 4: Women's Perspective as a Radical Critique of Sociology / Dorothy E. Smith -- Chapter 5: Panopticism / Michel Foucault -- Chapter 6: Revisiting Gramsci / Diana Cohen -- Chapter 7: The Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender in the Anti-racism Discourse / George Sefa Dei -- Chapter 8: Sexism in Research / Margrit Eichler -- Chapter 9: Becoming an Anti-oppressive Researcher / Karen Potts and Leslie Brown -- Chapter 10: Where in the World Do Children Learn "Bloody Revenge"?: Cults of Terror and Counter-terror and Their Implications for Child Socialisation / Antionette Errante -- Chapter 11: Preserving a Vital and Valued Self in the Face of AIDS / Kent L. Sandstrom -- Chapter 12: Pretty in Ink: Conformity, Resistance, and Negotiation in Women's Tattooing / Michael Atkinson -- Chapter 13: Making the Lives of Transsexual People Visible: Addressing the Politics of Social Erasure / Viviane Namaste -- Chapter 14: Purchasing the Canadian Teenage Identity: ICTs, American Media, and Brand-Name Consumption / Stephen Gennaro -- Chapter 15: The Way We Weren't: The Myth and Reality of the "Traditional" Family / Stephanie Coontz -- Chapter 16: Family Responsibilities: The Politics of Love and Care / Meg Luxton -- Chapter 17: Will & Grace: Negotiating (Gay) Marriage on Prime-Time Television / Karin Quimby -- Chapter 18: Serving the McCustomer: Fast Food Is Not about Food / Ester Reiter -- Chapter 19: The Discarded Factory: Degraded Production in the Age of the Superbrand / Naomi Klein -- Chapter 20: Enchanting McUniversity: Toward a Spectacularly Irrational University Quotidian / George Ritzer -- Chapter 21: Keeping the Ivory Tower White: Discourses of Racial Domination / Carol Schick -- Chapter 22: Gender, Race, and Health Inequalities / Ann Pederson and Dennis Raphael

Chapter 23: The Growth in Poverty and Social Inequality: Losing Faith in Social Justice / Ann Duffy and Nancy Mandell -- Chapter 24: Introduction to New Slavery: A Reference Handbook / Kevin Bales -- Chapter 25: Class and Power: The Major Themes / John Porter -- Chapter 26: The Many Faces of Gender Inequality / Amartya Sen -- Chapter 27: Gender and Power: Society, the Person, and Sexual Politics / R.W. Connell -- Chapter 28: Gender Trouble / Judith Butler -- Chapter 29: Skater Girlhood and Emphasized Femininity: "You Can't Land an Ollie Properly in Heels" / Deirdre M. Kely, Shauna Pomerantz, and Dawn Currie -- Chapter 30: Emerging Realities and Old Problems / Grace-Edward Galabuzi -- Chapter 31: "Canadian" as an Ethnic Category: Implications for Multiculturalism and National Unity / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann -- Chapter 32: Heroes or Villains?; and Stereotyping as a Signifying Practice / Stuart Hall -- Chapter 33: Health Care in an Aging Society: Issues, Controversies, and Challenges for the Future / Karen R. Grant -- Chapter 34: The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality / Mary Louise Adams -- Chapter 35: Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations [Aboriginal, First Nations, Native peoples] / Susan Beaver -- Chapter 36: Beyond Image Content: Examining Transsexuals' Access to the Media / Viviane Namaste -- Chapter 37: National Security as Moral Regulation: Making the Normal and the Deviant in the Security Campaigns against Gay Men and Lesbians / Gary Kinsman -- Chapter 38: Legal Responses to Violence against Women in Canada / Elizabeth A. Sheehy -- Chapter 39: "The Pecker Detectors Are Back": Regulation of the Family Form in Ontario Welfare Policy / Margaret Hillyard Little and Ian Morrison -- Chapter 40: Population, Delusion and Reality / Amartya Sen -- Chapter 41: The Clash of Ignorance / Edward W. Said

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